An elderly man who fell in the parking lot of a Cape Cod shopping center Wednesday afternoon was flown to a Providence hospital for treatment of a serious head injury, officials said.
The 72-year-old man was alone when he fell at the shopping center located at 1638 Falmouth Road in Centerville at 4:44 p.m., Centerville Osterville Marstons Mills Fire District Captain Enrique Arrascue said.
The man had an “altered mental status,” Arrascue said in a brief telephone interview.
He was flown to Rhode Island Hospital, Arrascue said.
No further information was available.
Madison Mercado can be reached at madison.mercado@globe.com.